Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 6:1-59.1

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
7. Any person violating any provisions of this act or any rule, regulation or order authorized hereby and any person who operates, conducts, uses or permits others to operate, conduct, use or employ any aeronautical facility, operation or activity which is required to be licensed, without said license being previously issued or renewed as required, shall be liable to a penalty of up to $1,000.00, which may be collected and enforced in an action by the Division of Aeronautics in the name of the State in any municipal court or in any other court of competent jurisdiction in a summary manner, without a jury, in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c.274 (C. 2A:58-10 et seq.). All penalties and costs collected in such actions shall be accounted for by the judge and forwarded to the Division of Aeronautics, which shall transmit the same to the State Treasurer, who shall credit such moneys to the Airport Safety Fund established by section 4 of the “New Jersey Airport Safety, Security and Improvement Act,” P.L.1983, c.264 (C. 6:1-92).

L.1971, c.118, s.7; amended 1976, c.136, s.1; 1983, c.264, s.17; 2010, c.38, s.2.